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Utilities are working harder than ever to identify and tap renewable energy resources, and GIS has emerged as the essential tool to support these efforts. With GIS, you can study and compare location-based information in an easy-to-read map view that includes land-use, weather, suitability, transmission, and survey data.

Read more on the role of GIS in renewable energy development [PDF] or listen to the podcast. [PODCAST]

GIS Best Practices

Learn how organizations use GIS to support renewable energy efforts. [PDF]

Success Stories

These stories show how electric utilities use GIS for renewable energy efforts.

• Is Renewable Energy the Impossible Dream? [PDF]
• New Mexico's PNM Maps Renewable Energy Resource Potential [PDF]
• Renewable Energy Siting: Wind Energy and Ethanol Production in Kansas [PDF]

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